Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-03-09

GONNG HGVOs
Charlie Kidd is recovering slowly
Riley Lake and wife were here Mon
day.
The hard time social has been post
poned.
For cheap residence lots see Henry
Morgan. 80
A carload OF eating potatoes at Cur
rlo & Schmidt's. 40
A suit Of clothes for SIS at Sandiford,
Youmans & Eldreds.
The building association will sell a
loan tomorrow night.
An entire new stock of hats and caps
Mt Wood & Vincent's. 80
Morris Brothers will put in a limited
line Of farm implements.
Allen, Overstreet & Ellis have cheap
money and cause no delay. 80
-Four 5-toot walnut showcases for sale
by HUBBARD, the Jeweler. 81
Seed potatoes, early variety, at Stan
diford, Youmans s. Eldred's. Al
Hon. T. A. McNeal, wife and child,
returned from Topeka last Sunday.
Surveyor Kline is in Kiowa this week,
laying of another addition to that town.
Mrs. NJ. Strong and Master Harry
started to Michigan, last Thursday, on
visit.
Judge McCanless yesterday purchas-
ed Of Frank McAlister the Forbes place
on North Main street.
Kenneth Mcpherson IS building an
other house on south Main street. c..
I. Freeman is the contractor.
A. u. Purdy had his four fine horses
on the streets last Saturday. He Will
make good display OH horse-day.
The porter at the Grand hotel yester-
day left two lamps on a stove with fire
in It. An explosion follower and big
fire was barely averted.
Taliaferro Il Co. this week traded
$1,000 worth Of lots on Kansas avenue,
west, for Il. II. Brown, to John Sparks,
who lives northeast of here, for fine
black stallion.
Blair q Ewart, of this city, this week
sold $4,000 worth of stock they owned
In the Citizens National bank, Of Kan
sas City, for Sl7,5OO. They bought the
stock few months since for $4,000.
The Farmers mill is making a spe-
ciaity of extra good Graham flour. 1t is
superior to any brought here from the
east, being always fresh. Try small
sack OF 1t and you are sure to be well
pleased.
A protracted meeting is being con-
Quoted at the Christian church every
night this week, by Elder Mcfarland.
The services, so far, have been attend
ed by crowded houses, and much inter
est Is being manifested.
Mr.. Brace and Will Cook will open a
real estate Office in this city, in a new
building which they will erect, next
door 10 Stamford, Youmans Il Eldred.
Mr.. Brace is a brother-in-law of w. w.
Cook, and recently moved here with
his family. from New York. lie will
make n good citizen.
The McNeal Mortgage company, or.
gained IN this city last week, is CON-
posed Of J. w. McNeal. T. l.. Lindley
and T. @. Molloy, OF this city, w. S.
Woods, OF Kansas City, and A. w.
Little, Of Wyandotte, Kansas. The
Office Of the company will be with the
Citizens National bank, in this city.
On last Saturday evening company
OF ladies, not members of the church,
but principally composed of the Meth
odist congregation, announced their
arrival at the parsonage by quietly en-.
tering, and presenting to Mrs. Gillian
beautiful, fine suit. Such acts of
Kindness are remembered, and Mrs.
Gillian desires, through the INDEX. 10
return to all the ladies her sincere
thanks.
a kingman paper devotes some space
70 defending the ladies Of a church in
~ city from attacks made on them
because they furnished a X. y. ball
with supper. Down here q is the in
variable rule, when the ladies' of any
church give festival or supper. the
young people have dance. And fire.
quently the order is reversed: When
the young people have a dance, the
church people have a supper. No one
ever thinks Of criticising such arrange.
ments in Medicine Lodge.
As will be seen in this issue. the peo-
pie in the vicinity of Deerhead, in the
western part Of the county, will at the
July meeting Of the board of county
commissioners, ask that they be set of
into a separate municipal township
Commissioner Fleming is engineering
the movement, with every hope of sue.
cess Deerhead township would have
been organized long ago but for the fact
that the original petition was lost OF
mlslaid, after due notice of its exist.
once had been published. There Is talh
Of the formation Of. several other new
municipal townships this year.